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Re: Yahoo! -- A "Phisher-friendly" hosting domain?
by Fergie (Paul Ferguson) 31 Aug '05

31 Aug '05

Someone is... or trying to, at least, watch and contact the responsible owners/registrars, but in some cases they aren't apparently eager to assist. That's why the ones that are caught end up in various RBL's... - ferg -- Alex Rubenstein <alex(a)nac.net> wrote: Shouldn't someone be watching these, though? root@sodium:~# whois paypal.com [...] PAYPAL.COM.SV04.COM PAYPAL.COM.LIMITSPEED.NET PAYPAL.COM While I agree in concept that this is not how the internet runs, and I am not proposing a domain name police force be instituted, it seems to me that things like this are easily caught. Not to mention, the purpose of them is clear. On Wed, 31 Aug 2005, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote: > > That's good, however, I regret that the issue had to be > aired here because it didn't get attention it deserved > through "proper channels" and elsewhere... > > - ferg > > > -- Florian Weimer <fw(a)deneb.enyo.de> wrote: > >> But it caught my eye that SOMEBODY at Yahoo! ought to be reviewing >> domain names like "bankofthewestupdate.com" > > Registrars should as well, but this is not the way the Internet works. > Sometimes, this is a good thing, sometimes, it's not. > > It seems that the A RR has been pulled around 2005-08-30 21:00 UTC, so > this particular issue has already been resolved. > > -- > "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson > Engineering Architecture for the Internet > fergdawg(a)netzero.net or fergdawg(a)sbcglobal.net > ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ > -- Alex Rubenstein, AR97, K2AHR, alex(a)nac.net, latency, Al Reuben Net Access Corporation, 800-NET-ME-36, http://www.nac.net

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RE: Katrina: directNIC Stays Online - Blog + Images
by Peering 31 Aug '05

31 Aug '05

Some ISPs managed to get FEMA to let a tanker through and that's how we're back up. It wasn't pretty though. Marshall Eubanks: I remember that after 9/11 the real network hits started about 3 days later, when the diesel generators started running out of fuel in the downtown telco hotels, and there was no way to physically get fuel trucks to their location. The equipment and generators were fine, they just ran out of fuel. If you look at the flooding in downtown New Orleans, it looks like this might happen again there.

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Re: Yahoo! -- A "Phisher-friendly" hosting domain?
by Fergie (Paul Ferguson) 31 Aug '05

31 Aug '05

That's good, however, I regret that the issue had to be aired here because it didn't get attention it deserved through "proper channels" and elsewhere... - ferg -- Florian Weimer <fw(a)deneb.enyo.de> wrote: > But it caught my eye that SOMEBODY at Yahoo! ought to be reviewing > domain names like "bankofthewestupdate.com" Registrars should as well, but this is not the way the Internet works. Sometimes, this is a good thing, sometimes, it's not. It seems that the A RR has been pulled around 2005-08-30 21:00 UTC, so this particular issue has already been resolved. -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(a)netzero.net or fergdawg(a)sbcglobal.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/

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Re: Phone networks struggle in Hurricane Katrina's wake
by Fergie (Paul Ferguson) 31 Aug '05

31 Aug '05

I'll file that comment where it belongs -- in file 13. If a major catastrophe, albeit more human than network-related (although lots of network-related issues here, too), isn't on-topic, than I fail to see what is. - ferg -- Richard A Steenbergen <ras(a)e-gerbil.net> wrote: Did I miss the memo announcing the Slashdot commentary section had been extended to the NANOG mailing list? It is one thing to expand on a story with useful insights, but this entire thread is just restating the obvious for the sake of hearing your own voice (or the digital equivalent thereof). If I wanted to read the uninformed reactions of random people to random news stories wondering why cell phone circuits fill up during natural disasters I would go to slashdot and click "Read More...". This stuff doesn't even come close to being NANOG worthy, let alone on-topic or appropriate. -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(a)netzero.net or fergdawg(a)sbcglobal.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/

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Trunks (etherchannels) between Foundry & Cisco 4506 (IOS Switch)????
by Gregory Edigarov 31 Aug '05

31 Aug '05

Hello Everybody, Please help me with this issue. Any success stories with config samples are welcome... Thanks a lot in advance. -- With best regards, GRED-RIPE

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Re: Yahoo! -- A "Phisher-friendly" hosting domain?
by Fergie (Paul Ferguson) 31 Aug '05

31 Aug '05

There are still remaining issues... - ferg -- Florian Weimer <fw(a)deneb.enyo.de> wrote: > That's good, however, I regret that the issue had to be > aired here because it didn't get attention it deserved > through "proper channels" and elsewhere... If I read the timestamps correctly, your posting arrived via the NANOG list *after* the domain had been pulled.

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beware mailing list bounce automation
by Randy Bush 31 Aug '05

31 Aug '05

[ excuse ops post ] wondered why some queues were getting long. decided to actually look before running the mailing list bounce scrubber. a whole lot of user(a)tulane.edu etc. beware. crank up them queues. exim hack is some variation on tulane.edu * F,12h,30m; G,24h,3h,1.5; F,30d,12h randy

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Re: Phone networks struggle in Hurricane Katrina's wake
by Fergie (Paul Ferguson) 31 Aug '05

31 Aug '05

You get high marks for your crumudgeon level. However, if I have to point it out and lead you to it like a child, then so be it. If I was mistaken in thinking that the referenced article: "Red Cross looks to IT for post-Katrina recovery" http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/recovery/story/0,10801… ..would perhaps elicit some operational suggestions from the peanut gallery on how to perhaps assist in this effort, or prhaps contribute to the BellSouth issues, etc., then mea culpa. Sniping certainly accomplishes nothing. - ferg -- Richard A Steenbergen <ras(a)e-gerbil.net> wrote: On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 01:22:13AM +0000, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote: > > I'll file that comment where it belongs -- in file 13. > > If a major catastrophe, albeit more human than network-related > (although lots of network-related issues here, too), isn't on-topic, > than I fail to see what is. North American Network Operations perhaps? Talking about the impact to networks is on-topic, talking about steps being taken to protect or restore networks is on-topic, talking about networking infrastructure as it relates to the public communications infrastructure is on-topic during an event like this. Replying to idiotic slashdot articles asking really stupid questions is not on topic. Telling the entire NANOG reader base that you like your POTS line and will never switch to VoIP is not on topic. Technically speaking a human tragedy isn't even on topic. Like I said, it might be different if there was some actual insight being provided here. If someone was talking about some specific data relating to the reliability of the infrastructure or otherwise something OPERATIONAL to talk about that would be one thing, but this is not operational, this is simply chatter. Chatter has its place, that is why people read Slashdot and watch the news, but replacing an operational mailing list with the slashdot commentary section and seeing what happens is not my or anyone else's idea of a good time. -- Richard A Steenbergen <ras(a)e-gerbil.net> http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras GPG Key ID: 0xF8B12CBC (7535 7F59 8204 ED1F CC1C 53AF 4C41 5ECA F8B1 2CBC) -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(a)netzero.net or fergdawg(a)sbcglobal.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/

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List Phishing of e-mails from nanog
by Steve Brown 31 Aug '05

31 Aug '05

Sweet, got my first piece of phishing SPAM (to the address I use for this list) shortly after posting a couple of days ago. Steve

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Phone networks struggle in Hurricane Katrina's wake
by Fergie (Paul Ferguson) 31 Aug '05

31 Aug '05

Via Reuters. [snip] Telephone companies struggled to restore service and measure the damage to their networks in Louisiana and Mississippi on Tuesday after Hurricane Katrina cut power and triggered severe flooding. A spokesman for BellSouth Corp., the largest local telephone company in the region, said while the company estimated about 53,000 lines were out in the two states, the actual numbers were likely to be higher. Cingular Wireless and Sprint Nextel Corp. said cellular service in the area had been affected as well. All three companies said power losses were the main threat to further service failures, but that flooding was hampering their efforts to reach network equipment. Entergy Corp. reported more than a million customers without power in Louisiana and Mississippi, and warned customers to expect a long and difficult restoration that could take weeks. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin told television station WWL that 80 percent of the city was under water, and authorities declared martial law in some areas. [snip] http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=9512696 - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(a)netzero.net or fergdawg(a)sbcglobal.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/

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